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TODAY
February 25, 2015

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>>>made this trip with us but overnight he's traveled to tornado ravaged
shawnee
, arizona.

>>the twister has moved this morning. it could impact nearly half of the
u.s. population
. al we go right to you good morning. good morning, matt. driving in here the devastation is awesome. sadly there was one fatality, one injury. folks watching in
shawnee
was able to track the storms. these storms pushing past wichita,
oklahoma city
,
shawnee
, tulsa,
oklahoma
, and the same severe setup for a good portion of the country, the warm, moist air making its way ahead of this
cold front
, a strong
jet stream
to the west, a
cold front
that will push in and fire up storms. the futurecast shows another line developing, more strong storms firing up late this afternoon on into tonight and on into
tomorrow morning
so take a look at the risk we have. we have a risk from brady, texas, all the way up into wisconsin, but the strong with itch from
wichita falls
, plano,
oklahoma city
, tulsa, the threat of tornadoes, large hail and damaging winds. this is going to be a dangerous, dangerous situation for the next
24 hours
. for the folks who lived past the last
24 hours
it's been awful.
janet shamlian
is here.

>>they were
fast and furious
, we were here multiple times, the sirens people would take cover and hear the all clear only to have the process repeat itself all over again. we've seen the damage in
oklahoma
but these tornadoes swept through several states putting millions at risk.

>>it was very close, from the basement hearing through the fireplace, it was pretty awesome sound but we couldn't really tell where it was.

>> reporter: a tornado barrelled through rural homes on the outskirts of wichita, kansas, torn out trees and downed
power lines
forced road closures.

>>no sooner had we got in the basement we saw heavy wind and
heavy rain
and after it subsided we came out and we saw we've seen quite a bit of damage.

>> reporter: officials say there have been few deaths or injuries, giving credit to the weather service for issuing
storm warnings
for the region as early as wednesday.

>>we're telling people not to drive in this area whatsoever because we have all these roads shut down because of all of the lines down over the roads.

>> reporter: around
shawnee
,
oklahoma
, three large tractor trailer rigs were blown off the road in
oklahoma
, one had apparently been blown off an overpass. 490 reports of severe
storm warnings
and there could be more on the way today. back to you.